United States First Circuit - Opinion Summaries

US v. Laurent

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction and sentence for drug related crimes is affirmed over claims that the destruction of the surveillance videotape of defendant...

Martinez v. Cui

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In plaintiff's suit against a first-year medical resident claiming that she was sexually assaulted during an examination, judgment in favor of the...

Cortes-Reyes v. Salas-Quintana

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Remedies
In a political discrimination suit brought by thirty-six former Ranger cadets of the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources,...

In re: Nosek

Bankruptcy Law, Sanctions
In a creditor's appeal from a $250,000 sanction issued sua sponte by the bankruptcy court, the sanction is reduced to $5,000 where: 1) nothing...

Martino v. Forward Air, Inc.

Labor & Employment Law
In an action alleging that defendant did not hire plaintiff because of discrimination based on disability, judgment for defendant is affirmed where,...

Gonzalez-Fuentes v. Molina

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit brought by former inmates and a petition for habeas relief by inmates, re-imprisoned after being admitted into an...

Grossmith v. Noonan

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In plaintiff's civil rights suit against two police officers arising out of his arrest for shooting his neighbor's dog, judgment of the district court...

US v. Franquiz-Ortiz

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's imposition of a statutory maximum permissible sentence upon revocation of defendant's supervised release for his drug conviction is...

US v. Rivera-Martinez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District court's denial of defendant's motion for a sentence reduction is affirmed as, in the absence of explicit countervailing language in the plea...

Anaya-Burgos v. Lasalvia-Prisco

Drugs & Biotech, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Professional Malpractice
In plaintiff's suit against an oncologist and others, claiming that the death of his wife was the result of defendants' negligent acts and omissions...